Three of the Australians are New South Wales residents, and two are from Queensland

Six passengers from Australia and New Zealand will be quarantined at a facility in Perth after they were stranded on a cruise ship exposed to the deadly hantavirus.

Health minister Mark Butler says six people from MC Hondius plus flight crew from charter plane to be isolated for weeks

Three of the Australians are New South Wales residents, and two are from Queensland

Six Australians on board a cruise ship exposed to the deadly hantavirus have departed The Netherlands.

Health minister Mark Butler says six passengers who have tested negative for hantavirus will land in Western Australia on Friday

An aircraft and crew will arrive in the Netherlands on Thursday to repatriate six people to Australia.

A flight carrying a New Zealander on board the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship has landed in an air force base in Perth.

Six passengers from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak have arrived in Australia for a quarantine expected to last at least three weeks.